Iggy and Ella's bio on Wikipedia. ^_^
Iggy
"Soon Iggy, tall and pale, slouched into the kitchen. Eyes closed, he fell on our beat-up couch with perfect aim. The only time he has trouble being blind is when one of us forgets and moves furniture or something. 'Hey Ig, rise and shine,' I said. 'Bite me,' he mumbled sleepily." Max & Iggy (Maximum Ride: The Angel Experimemt page10)
Iggy is fourteen and the third oldest member of the flock; his blindness, caused by a failed attempt to surgically enhance his night vision when he was younger, is one of his defining traits. He is very talented at building and using bombs, which he makes in cooperation with his best friend, the Gasman. He is also skilled at picking locks as Max mentions in the first book. Since he became blind, his other senses have been greatly heightened (e.g.. identifying members of the flock by the feel of their skin or feathers, a quasi-echolocation, telling when someone is coming through vibrations in the floor, and discovering a man's credit card password through the musical tones created by the keypad), and he uses them to compensate for his inability to see. Although he is blind, Iggy is the only one in the flock who can cook well.
Iggy's real name is James Griffiths. He is the first member of the flock who has located his biological parents, but he left their custody to rejoin the Flock when they attempted to sell his life story to eight different magazines, much to his disappointment in his mother and father. His name in the flock "Iggy" could be derived from the Latin "Ignis" meaning "Fire" which would suit the pyromaniac nicely.
Iggy is also very tall (in fact the tallest member of the flock) at around 6' 3", hence naturally attracting attention in public, whether good or bad. He became friends with a girl named Tess when the flock enrolls in private school, although briefly, because soon after they find that their high school is actually run by The School, and obviously have to leave. Iggy has strawberry blond hair and (sightless) blue eyes.
[edit] Ella
Ella is the daughter of Dr. Martinez and the half sister of Max. She is a 12 year old, and "secretly" in love with a boy from her class by the name of Shaw Akers. Max first meets her when Ella was about to be mugged. Max stopped this from happening and is then shot by the mugger. Max asks for help and spends two days recupperating at Ella house. Ella appears twice in the third book, once when Max asks for Dr. Martinez and the second time at the end of the book. Throughout the series, Ella wishes that Max is her sister and is thrilled at the end of the third book to find out that this is the case. She seems somewhat in awe of the rest of the Flock and thinks that Iggy's ability to eat perfectly even though he is blind is "amazing". It is implied that Ella and Iggy have some sort of attraction to each other.
so Ella IS 12... huh. well that's not much of an age diff. my parents r 2 years apart.
So Iggy means "fire"? well that makes sense! lol. "Bombs are good. remember the one from last fall? i almost caused an avalanch!" -Iggy
Ahhh, mah Iggy... lol
8/31/07
Quote of the Day
Max: Yes, you're a blind mutant freak, but you're my blind mutant freak, and you're coming with me, now, you're coming with us right now, or I swear I will kick your skinny white ass from here to the middle of next week.
Iggy, I need you. I love you. I need all of you, all five of you, to feel whole myself. Now, get up, before I kill you.
Iggy: Well, when you put it that way...
-Max and Iggy, MR2, pg. 109.
i luv that part... Max has an... interesting way of persuasion... lol.
Quote of the Day
8/30/07
Iggy: Max, can I come in? I need to brush my teeth.
Max: No, I'm in a towel.
Iggy: I'm blind, Max!
Max: No, really? Are you sure?
-Max and Iggy, MR2
Oh, yeah...
there's also Iggy saying "yeah, bring me something, too! like, a french girl!"
yeah and that's about all the Iggy... [see previous post]
Major Rant Time...
ARGH!!! that audiobook is annoying the crap out of me! barely ANY Iggy!!! i need more Iggy to survive!!!
they had Fang telling Iggy about the cheerleaders at the football game...
and this part, and that's basicly it:
"Oh, man, this smells so good!" Iggy moaned.
Ella watched him as he started eating, not spilling a drop.
"It's so amazing how you can do that." Iggy seemed taken aback.
"I've had a lot of practice."
"Well, i think you're amazing." said Ella, and Iggy blushed.
ooh, does she like him? sound like it. ^_^ but what about Shawn Ackers? *gasp* guess Shawn's just an ordianry boy, not a blind avain-human hybrid who flys and makes bombs and cooks better than Max (lol).
anyways... so barely any Iggy in the audiobook!!! *sigh*
grrrr! i sooo wanted to hear that chapter @ the beach! it's so funny! i love it!
although it's a bit scary, getting a little peek into a teenage boy's mind... lol.
this was in MR2, right? "I feel like pudding... pudding with nerve endings... pudding in great pain." -Iggy <3
NOOOOO!!!!!!
8/29/07
I bought the Maximum ride 3 audiobook on Ebay... and ya know chapter 65? at the beach? "Unerringly, Iggy's hand shot out and grabbed a fistful of Fang's shirt. He pulled Fang's face close to his own. 'Describe. The. People.'" lol yeah, that chapter. well, THE AUDIOBOOK DOESN'T HAVE IT!!! NOOOOO!!! i LOVE that chapter! its kida gross, but also really funny! they took out Fang's POV completly! ONCE they had a post from his blog, but that was it! NOOOOOO!!!
Quote of the Day
"Anyway, Gaz, Iggy, and I instinctively implemented a tried-and-true plan of action. Plan Delta.
Basicly it means 'run like hell.'"
-Fang (on his blog), Maximum Ride 3
YESSSSSSSSSS!!!
for u ppls keeping up with the Stephenie Meyer webbie...
http://www.stepheniemeyer.com/ts_fansites.html
they now have a fansite page! and if you scroll down a bit...
Bite Me
i emailed the webmaster with my webbie address (as he said to do if we want our fan page on the list) and he put it up! yay!!!
so i should get more ppl @ mah site!!!
Fang's POV MR2
8/28/07
yeah i posted this like last year... but i revised it so it's so much better now!
Enjoy! And comment! I want to know what u ppl think!
btw i did the different colors because i found them easier to read than all white... ^_^
Fang’s POV
Chapter 1
Ahhh. There’s nothing better than going for a fly on a nice day like this—even if we were running for our lives.
“Oh, my gosh! A UFO!” Gazzy said suddenly, pointing into the empty sky. He’s been doing this for the past couple of hours. It’s been getting pretty annoying. Actually, it was always annoying.
“That was funny the first fifty times. It’s getting old,” said Maximum, rolling her eyes. But, please, call her Max. Don’t try calling her Maximum. Trust me, I’ve done it once and I’ll never do it again.
“How long ‘till be get to DC?” asked Nudge. She’d been doing this for a long time, too. Also getting annoying.
I was getting pretty tired, too, but I tried not to show it. After all, I am practically second in command.
So, who are we, why are we running for our lives, and who the heck would name their kid Maximum?
I’m Fang. There’s also Max (age fourteen), Iggy (also fourteen, like me), Angel (six), Nudge (eleven), and The Gasman –Gazzy-(eight). We named ourselves (guess that’s pretty obvious).
We’re not you’re average kids. We’re mutants, with wings. Some of us have powers (e.g., everybody but Max and I). Nudge can tell who used an item last and everything about them, just by touching it. Gazzy can imitate any sound- which is really inconvenient for a eight year old who has an interest in gross bodily functions. Iggy, who is blind, can tell who a fingerprint belongs to, and Angel can -this is pretty weird- read minds, breathe under water, and CONTROL MINDS. Kinda disturbing.
I beat my wings a bit harder and moved up alongside Max. She looked kind of stressed. Her beautiful brown hair was a tangled mess, and she still had dried blood on her face. Maybe because she had killed Ari, a mutant- wolf man –called Eraser- and a kid we had grown up around. She had only done it in self-defense, though.
“You okay?” I asked her.
“In what way?” she asked. “Could you be more specific?”
“Killing Ari.” I don’t like to beat around the bush. I’m not that kind of guy.
A look of sadness passed over her.
“It was you or him,” I said. “I’m glad you picked him.”
She let out a deep breath. But she didn’t look any happier. I decided she needed to be alone for a little bit, so I gave an extra beat of my wings and moved ahead.
A few minutes later Max pulled up above me.
“Here, have a dog,” she handed me Total, Angel’s dog. Then she sped up, flying in front of us.
Quote of the Day
(after Iggy said he'd make breakfast)
Max II: But you're blind!
Iggy: You're kidding! I am?
-Iggy and Max II, Maximum Ride: School's Out-- Forever
Poll!
Results for the Who's Hotter poll!
Jacob Black
4 (23%)
Edward Cullen
6 (35%)
Fang
4 (23%)
Iggy
2 (11%)
Ryou Shirogane
1 (5%)
Votes so far: 17 Poll closed
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in case the above made no sense to you...
Jacob Black: 3 votes
Edward Cullen: 6 votes
Fang: 4 votes
Iggy: 2 votes
Ryou Shirogane: 1 vote
so, again, Edward won! *claps*
wow someone actualy voted for Shirogane-san! fexcellent! i thought no one would vote 4 him and Iggy cuz of Fang, Edward, and Jake above. *claps* Go Shirogane-san! Go Iggy!
Quote[s] of the Day
8/27/07
"Leave this to me, and the heavy artillary"
"Spot the goth."
"Jess, tell Jonathan to stop making sense"
-Dess a.k.a. Desdemona- The Polymath
Wordpress and Freewebs!
okay, my new webbie on FreeWebs:
http://www.freewebs.com/jakeblack
it's a Twilight fansite!!!
AAAAAAAND...
Wordpress!!!
i just wanted to try it out. i dont know why... but so far i like Blogger best! hearts! <3
http://www.courtneysworld.wordpress.com
i'll probaly just use it for my art or short stories or whateves.
~nya!
My Website Banner
Yeah, i know Becca and Angel (i was IMing her she didn't comment) said Fire and Ice, but i decided on Bite Me anyways. It sounds cool and has a double-meaning. ^_^
Website...
okay, so I'm creating a Twilight fansite. what should the title be?
~Fire and Ice
~Bite Me
~Other
(Other is for one not listed, tell me what u think if Other!)
Lunar Eclipse!!!
Total lunar eclipse early Tuesday
By COLLEEN SLEVIN, Associated Press Writer Sun Aug 26, 7:46 PM ET
DENVER - The Earth's shadow will creep across the moon's surface early Tuesday, slowly eclipsing it and turning it to shades of orange and red.
The total lunar eclipse, the second this year, will be visible in North and South America, especially in the West. People in the Pacific islands, eastern Asia, Australia and New Zealand also will be able to view it if skies are clear.
People in Europe, Africa or the Middle East, who had the best view of the last total lunar eclipse in March, won't see this one because the moon will have set when the partial eclipse begins at 4:51 a.m. EDT. The full eclipse will begin an hour later at 5:52 a.m. EDT.
An eclipse occurs when Earth passes between the sun and the moon, blocking the sun's light. It's rare because the moon is usually either above or below the plane of Earth's orbit.
Since the Earth is bigger than the moon, the process of the Earth's shadow taking a bigger and bigger "bite" out of the moon, totally eclipsing it before the shadow recedes, lasts about 3 1/2 hours, said Doug Duncan, director of the University of Colorado's Fiske Planetarium. The total eclipse phase, in which the moon has an orange or reddish glow, lasts about 1 1/2 hours.
The full eclipse will be visible across the United States, but East Coast viewers will only have about a half-hour to see it before the sun begins to rise and the moon sets. Skywatchers in the West will get the full show.
In eastern Asia, the moon will rise in various stages of eclipse.
During the full eclipse, the moon won't be completely dark because some light still reaches it around the edges of the Earth. The light is refracted as it passes through our atmosphere, scattering blue light — which is why the sky is blue — but sending reddish light onto the moon.
"When someone asks why is it (the moon) red, you can say because the sky is blue," Duncan said.
The next total lunar eclipse occurs Feb. 21, 2008, and will be visible from the Americas, Europe and Asia.
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On the Net:
NASA Lunar Eclipse Page:
http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/ap/ap_on_sc/storytext/lunar_eclipse/24225615/SIG=12dpctnn5/*http://sunearth.gsfc.nasa.gov/eclipse/LEmono/TLE2007Aug28/TLE2007Aug28.html
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http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070826/ap_on_sc/lunar_eclipse
Riiko!!!
8/26/07
bored
my mom's going to help me dye my hair unnatural bright red!!! of course, sense my hairs dark, it only ends up tinted red... but still red! yay!
Scott replied to my comment!!!
yay Scott Westerfeld replied to my comment on his blog! YESSSSSSSS!!!
(on the Wearable Extras post)
Courtney August 23rd, 2007 06:54
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ooh, do they have a Flamebringer lore symbol? i haven’t checked out the store yet. guess i’d better. i hope they have a flamebringer one!!!
Courtney August 23rd, 2007 06:58
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ooh, i luv the You’re So 11:59 one! >.
Courtney August 23rd, 2007 06:59
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awww, man, no Flamebringer! well, no Flamebringer by it’s self. o well… =)
Gabrielle August 23rd, 2007 07:01
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The shirts are totally made of awesome! Goes off shopping. ^^
Isabella August 23rd, 2007 07:32
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Oooh, fexecellent!
scott August 23rd, 2007 07:42
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Courtney: There are now two flame-bringer shirts at the end. Your wishes are my commandses.
The World of Anime...
lol i was telling girlnextdoor about Ryou Shirogane...
GND: What's he going to do, sweep you off your feet into the world of anime?
Me: That would be sooooo cool!
GND: But then you'd have a really pointy chin...
Me: Everyone has big eyes...
GND: And a tiny nose
Me: And super skinny waists! yeah!
GND: Strangly porportioned bodies
Me: And beautiful hair!
GND: True
lol
My Twilight-Eclipse soundtrack ^_^
for ALL of the Twilight books
i'll tell ya what each song refers to if it's not really obvious.
THERE ARE SOME SPOLIERS- DO NOT READ IF U HAVEN'T READ ALL OF THE BOOKS AND PLAN TO!!!
1. The Meaning of Life (Jump5)
2. Unwritten (Natasha Bedingfield)
3. Here With Me (Dido)
4. Tell Me Why (Jump5)
5. I'll Remember You (No Secrets) [When Jake learned that Bella chose Edward over him]
6. When I Say Your Name (Jump5)
7. Fall to Pieces (Avril Lavigne) [Jacob's feelings towards Bella]
8. Love Ya Too Much (Jump5) [When Edward left Bella in New Moon]
9. Heaven (DJ Sammy)
10. Stab My Back (All American Rejects) [also on Stephenie's playlist ;-)]
11. Bad Boy (Cascada) [I'm not sure about this one... maybe? what do u think?]
all these songs r on my iPod cept for Stab My Back... but i may buy that song! anyways, that's MY playlist. sorry for all the Jump5.
YA authors with waaaaay too much time on their hands...
August 23rd, 2007
So I’ve been fooling around with making my own promotional shirts for a while, and sometimes people want to buy them from me. But it’s not like I’m going to manufacture things and then (shudder) mail them. I don’t do packages and stamps very well.
But with Extras coming out in just six weeks, I suppose it’s time to let the t-shirts flow. So I invite you all to the launch of . . .
Yes, it’s the online store for shirts and hoodies that reveal your Ugly (and Midnightery) side. Behold a few examples:
All these and more are available right now by clicking right here.
A few notes:
1) As with all online clothes shopping, check the size info carefully. I chose Spreadshirts.com because they’re very clear about the measurements of their stuff. Just click the product details for info.
2) I don’t get any money from this, but one dollar from each shirt goes to Katrina relief. If anything goes wrong with an order, please bug Spreadshirts and not your humble and clueless author.
3) If you think these shirts are lame, feel free to design your own at Spreadshirt or Cafe Press. Click here for a big tridecashirt file. And here for a big file with all the Midnighters symbols. Rock out and share with the rest of us.
4) Yes, they ship to Australia and many other countries, but it costs.
5) Discounts on bulk orders (25 of the same thing).
Hope you find these fine wearables amusing, and let me know if you have any Special requests. (nyuck, nyuck.)
Again, here’s the store.
this made me LOL!!!
8/24/07
Remember, this is manga, read RIGHT> to 
^From Absolute Boyfriend... ^
Yay! i drew her! i love it! ^_^ her hair's from some blonde girl from Full Moon (never watched/read it, just saw an ad)... and her eyes are from Rena from Fall in L♥ve Like a Comic! :) i dont like the bottoms of the eyes, though... i think i made them too dark... they make her look old or sleepless.
the little sketch next to her was when i was seeing if i liked the hairstyle. :) wow it's amazing what i can do when i only take a few seconds to do it! ^_^
~nya!
TORNADO!!!
there was a tornado earlier. like, 1/2 and hour ago... it didnt hit us, though. Thank GOD! I had to CARRY Mattie down to the basement and Kobe, who weighs about as much as me, if not more, would NOT go down there. Kitty Bud happily went down there and... oh, crap! the basement windows is open! he might still be down there! or outside... brb.
okay. i didn't see him down there... and the screen's still intact, so he's not outside. *phew*
i was so freaked earlier! When i saw the warning on TV i grabbed my iPod, The Secret Hour, a pencil, and my sketchbook. then i told my brother. we had to go down to the basement, as i told you. well, it's all good now. i'm going to call girlnextdoor now... make sure the tornado somehow missed my house but got her house, even though we only live 1 street away... lol.
~*~Courtney~*~
8/23/07
MRR (http://mrr-thisismyworld.blogspot.com/) posted her Hott Guys List on her blog... i'll do the same! ^_^
Jacob Black
8/22/07
I need a Jake post! >_<
this one made me LOL!!!
This isn't from Twilight, but it reminded me of Jake... i forgot where i found it... it was a long time ago!
Gabriel Iglesias: "Hot and Fluffy"
GO TO THESE LINKS NOW!!! HILARIOUS!!! I'd post them directly here, but they're not on YouTube... :(
My cousin taped this @ his house and we watched it last week. it was about 45 min long, bu8t i was in tears with laughter!
The Drunk Driving one:
http://www.comedycentral.com/motherload/player.jhtml?ml_video=&ml_collection=90722&ml_gateway=&ml_gateway_id=&ml_comedian=11534&ml_runtime=&ml_context=comedian&ml_origin_url=%2Fcomedians%2Fbrowse%2Fi%2Fgabriel_iglesias.jhtml&ml_playlist=&lnk=&is_large=true
The President one:
http://www.comedycentral.com/motherload/player.jhtml?ml_video=&ml_collection=90722&ml_gateway=&ml_gateway_id=&ml_comedian=11534&ml_runtime=&ml_context=comedian&ml_origin_url=%2Fcomedians%2Fbrowse%2Fi%2Fgabriel_iglesias.jhtml&ml_playlist=&lnk=&is_large=true
i like the President, but ya gotta admit, it's hilarous!
Thuuuuuuunder!
its storming right now. yay! thundering/lightening, too. mattie is terrified. She can boss around Kobe (our other dog), who is twice her size, but when it thunderstorms she's huddling under my arms, shaking. lol.
~nya!
~*~Courtney~*~
Maximum Ride: The Last Global Warming Warning
Max, Fang, Iggy, Nudge, Gazzy and Angel, six extraordinary kids who can fly, are back for another wild adventure as they try to save the world...and themselves. The Uber-Director who created them is planning a worldwide auction of the children to the highest bidder he sees this as his chance to become a billionaire. But first his mutant army must track them down and capture them which won't be easy. While in hiding from their predators, all six of them wake one evening having heard voices in their heads, they are being told they have an important mission - to save the world from global warming. Their task takes them to the South Pole but as ever, danger is never far away...
It's availible for pre-order on Amazon.co.uk!
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Maximum-Ride-Global-Warming-Warning/dp/1846052734/ref=pd_bbs_sr_2/202-8439388-8677424?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1187731181&sr=8-2
(PS. AuthorAngel has this info on her blog first... well, the title. i went and looked up the plot... but AA discovered the title first! <3)
Poll!
i know the poll is not completly over, but i want to change it, so here are the results:
Edward Cullen won!
Ryou Shirogane only got one vote :( :(
now i'm going to go change it.
~nya!
FIRE!!!
*gasp* omg that was terrifying! i was minding my own buisness, making a bagel. we have a toster oven (my mom just threw out our normal toaster cuz it broke and refuses to buy a new one). the toaster oven clicked, saying that it was done. so i opened it up, and guess what was there? FLAMES!!!!!
AHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!
i tried blowing them out, but they were too big. i yelled for my brother but he didnt feel the need to come. so i filled a cup up with water and poured it onto the flames. part of my bagel was soft, but i guess that's the price to pay for not letting the house burn down... lol.
my friend said that once when she was little the microwave cought on fire. but just a little flame... guess we're cursed! lol.
ugh the house smells like smoke...
~*~Courtney~*~
iPod Nano!!!
8/20/07
Yay! yesterday i just bought a silver iPod Nano! yay!
it took me FOREVER to get the newest version of iTunes downloaded. i just couldn't get it! but it's working now... loading the songs onto my iPod. i used to have a 1st generation iPod Shuffle... but i lost it. i've been saveing all summer for a Nano! i bought the cheapest one, the one that can only hold 500 songs. i doubt i'll ever use up all that space. well... maybe... with audiobooks, though.
I'm bored... kinda... yeah... guess I'll go back to watching Tokyo Mew Mew.
~nya!
~*~Courtney~*~
PS. i'll post the pix of the fireworks when my camera happens to be by the computer when i'm by it... or when i get around to it...
PPS. my cousin has an iDog! it's so cool! i wonder how much they cost...
Fireworks!
8/18/07
our town has this thing called the Farmer's Picnic... there's a parade, and they have booths @ the park. and fireworks Saturday night! we didn't go 2 the parade or park (oh, and there's a talent show... it was so loud we could hear it from our house!!! geez!). but the fireworks r tonight! yay! we were going to watch the fireworks... half an hour! ill post pix of they turn out! i get to try out the Fireworks thing on my camera finaly! yay!!!
~nya~
~*~Courtney~*~
Mah blog- re-done!!!
like it??? i luv it!!!
<3
btw, 4 u southern folks, those r the northern lights. i dunno if ppl from the south know what the northern lights are... i would think so, but in an episode of Roswell, they were like, "Uh... What are the Norther Lights?" and they're 17-18!!!
btw, i'm drawing characters from Twilight. So far I have Jacob, Edward, Alice, and I'm almost done with Bella. tell me if u want me to post them!!!
~nya!
~*~Courtney~*~
